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Vitamin vs Megavitamin - What's the difference?

vitamin | megavitamin |

As a noun vitamin

is vitamin.

As an adjective megavitamin is

involving megadoses of vitamins.

vitamin

English

(wikipedia vitamin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "vitamin") * vitamer * vitaminic * vitaminize * vitamin A ** vitamin A acid * vitamin B ** vitamin B complex, vitamin Bc]], , [[vitamin B17, vitamin B17 * vitamin C * vitamin D ** * vitamin E * vitamin F (obsolete) * vitamin G * vitamin H * vitamin J (obsolete) * vitamin K ** * vitamin M * vitamin P * vitamin R (slang) * vitamin V (slang)

    See also

    * vitamer

    References

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    megavitamin

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Involving megadoses of vitamins.
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